An archaic or specialized term for a gager; a person or official responsible for measuring and assessing goods for commerce or taxation.
A variant or specialized form of 'gager,' deriving from 'gage' (to measure) plus '-or,' an agent suffix from Latin origins. This represents an older or regional form of the occupational title.
Occupational titles like 'gagor' show how medieval English created variations for the same profession—different regions and time periods preferred different suffixes (-er, -or, -ar), which is why old documents sometimes surprise us with unfamiliar titles for familiar jobs!
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